A general category allows us to have a wide variety of names like we have had in the past, while staying with a simple central theme. It also allows for more themeing and design customization than a category like "types of coffee" would from release to release. We could keep the suggestion & voting scheme in place and allow for a similar level community involvement.

There are many spring/fall related names in different cultures around the world (in particular, dieties and celebrations are often closely connected to spring or fall). By choosing names from different cultures, we can highlight Fedora's worldwide nature. And we can include both northern and southern hemispheres by associating releases with the spring or fall in the area from which the name comes (e.g., an october release could use autumn-related name from a place in the northern hemisphere, or a spring-related name from the southern hemisphere).